This page gathers the historic cities, events and structures located within the modern borders of Iran, and the civilizations that ruled this geography. Locations are matched to the data on the interactive map.
Civilizations that ruled these lands (10)
Historic cities (8)
- Susa · 4200 BCE
- Anshan · 3800 BCE
- Nishapur · 2000 BCE
- Tabriz · 1500 BCE
- Ecbatana · 700 BCE
- Ecbatana (Medes/Parthia) · 700 BCE
- Isfahan · 600 BCE
- Persepolis · 515 BCE
Events on this geography (63)
- 1514 CEBattle of Chaldiran
- 1979 CEIranian Revolution
- 1971 CERamsar Convention
- 2026 CEassassination of Ali Khamenei
- 1978 CECinema Rex fire
- 2017 CE2017 Tehran attacks
- 2018 CE2018 Ahvaz military parade attack
- 2024 CEassassination of Ismail Haniyeh
- 2024 CE2024 Kerman bombings
- 2026 CE2026 Minab school attack
- 1387 CESiege of Isfahan
- 2009 CEDeath of Neda Agha-Soltan
- 2021 CEdeath of Ali Fazeli Monfared
- 2022 CE2022 Shah Cheragh attack
- 2026 CEassassination of Ali Larijani
- 550 BCEFoundation of the Persian Empire
- 1072 CEThe Reign of Malik-Shah: The Zenith of the Great Seljuk Empire
- 1079 CEOmar Khayyam's Solar Calendar Reform
- 1092 CEThe Assassination of Nizam al-Mulk
- 1256 CESiege of Alamut
- 1829 CEMassacre at the Russian embassy in Tehran
- 2008 CE2008 Shiraz explosion
- 2009 CE2009 Pishin bombing
- 2010 CE2010 Chabahar suicide bombing
- 2016 CE2016 Şemdinli bombing
- 2025 CEIran–Israel Twelve Day War (June 2025)
- 2026 CEMinab School Attack (February 2026)
- 8000 BCEGanj Dareh Goat Herding
- 4200 BCEFounding of Susa
- 2254 BCEVictory Stele of Naram-Sin
- 522 BCEAccession of Darius I and Suppression of the Revolts
- 224 CEFounding of the Sasanian Empire
- 395 CEHunnic Raid Through Caucasus into Persia and Syria
- 571 CEGöktürk-Sasanid War Over Silk Road
- 1387 CETimur's Capture of Isfahan
- 1919 CEAgulis massacre
- 1953 CEAugust 16, 1953 attempted coup d'état in Iran
- 2009 CE2009 Zahedan bombing
- 2010 CE2010 Zahedan bombings
- 2024 CEIran–Israel Direct Strikes (2024)
- 3300 BCEBeginning of the Bronze Age
- 200 BCEThe Survival of Zoroastrianism in the Hellenistic Period (200 BCE)
- 36 BCEAntony's Parthian Campaign: The Second Great Roman Disaster (36 BCE)
- 224 CEBattle of Hormozdgan (224)
- 224 CEArdashir I Founds the Sasanian State
- 224 CEThe End of the Arsacid (Parthian) Empire in the East
- 280 CEKartir's Establishment of Zoroastrian Orthodoxy
- 400 CEThe Compilation of the Avesta
- 451 CEBattle of Avarayr (451)
- 491 CEThe Mazdakite Movement: A Sasanian Social Revolution
- 642 CEBattle of Nahavand (642)
- 910 CEAl-Razi (Rhazes)
- 1048 CEThe Founding of the Seljuk State of Kirman
- 1080 CEOmar Khayyam
- 1090 CENizam al-Mulk's Siyasatnama and the Nizamiyya Madrasas
- 1090 CEThe Assassins' Seizure of Alamut Castle
- 1095 CEImam al-Ghazali's Ihya' Ulum al-Din
- 1260 CENasir al-Din al-Tusi, Maragha Observatory
- 1295 CEThe Ilkhan Ghazan Khan's Conversion to Islam
- 1307 CERashid al-Din's Jami al-Tawarikh: The First World History
- 1393 CETimur Puts an End to the Muzaffarids
- 1418 CEThe Construction of the Gawhar Shad Mosque
- 1943 CETehran Conference
Architectural sites (9)
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- Which civilizations lived on the lands of Iran?
- Achaemenid Empire, Aq Qoyunlu, Byzantine Empire, Elamite Civilization, Ilkhanate, Median Empire, Qara Qoyunlu, Safavid Empire, Seleucid Empire, Seljuk Empire.
- What are the oldest historic cities on the lands of Iran?
- Susa (4200 BCE), Anshan (3800 BCE), Nishapur (2000 BCE), Tabriz (1500 BCE), Ecbatana (700 BCE), Ecbatana (Medes/Parthia) (700 BCE).
- How many historic cities are within the modern borders of Iran?
- 8 historic cities are recorded within the borders of Iran.